Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five.

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Every morning in the Faroe Islands we woke up to a stunning sunrise over Tórshavn, the capital city (if you can call a 3-traffic-light town a ‘city’). The view from the breakfast room at Hotel Føroyar is hard to beat. Continue reading →

Congratulations to Bob Kozan, the winner of the Faroe Islands goody bag giveaway (including, among other things, a very swank puffin lapel pin). Bob, keep an eye out for an email from me so we can arrange delivery of your prize.

Many thanks to all of you who entered. I loved reading about your favorite islands. A lot of them got added to my places-to-go list.

As part of our trip to the Faroe Islands, we were treated to a one-day nature excursion run by CoastZone North Atlantic. When we got up that morning we had no idea what to expect. The first hint that it would be more than a simple hike came when one of our travel companions was told that her boots were inadequate and she was offered a pair to borrow.

Our head guide, Eyðun, had worked for several years as police officer in the Faroe Islands and looked the part. Continue reading →

“Don’t worry, this is normal,” said the Faroese fisherman sitting next to us. Even for seasoned flyers such as Scott and me, that didn’t seem like it could possibly be true. Turbulence is one thing, but when it’s happening during a rather steep descent towards an unseen island? I suddenly understood why we had been served so much free liquor on the relatively short flight. Continue reading →

If I were to start out by telling you that both of my walking tours of Copenhagen involved close encounters with drug dealers, you might get the wrong impression of the city. So instead I’ll lead with this pig on a car: